Library Summer Reading Club

The Salem Public Library has Summer Reading Clubs to encourage readers and listeners of all ages - children, teens, and adults - to enjoy reading throughout the summer. Prizes and activities encourage participants to read for enjoyment, increase confidence, and read a variety of genres.

The Salem Public Library also offers a listening club for pre-readers and their parents to encourage the continued development of early literacy skills that babies, toddlers and preschoolers need in order to become readers. Reading is the most important skill needed for all other lifelong learning.

New in 2019: The Summer Reading Club will now be offered using Beanstack, which allows families and readers of all ages to log and read books for prizes and badges online.

Last day to sbumit online prize drawing tickets August 8, 2019 | Main Library

A Galaxy of Fun End-of-Summer Party

August 15, 2019 |11 a.m. ​— 1 p.m. | Peace Plaza

Summer Reading Club members (preschoolers to grade 5) who finished and reported at least 10 hours of reading/listening are invited to enjoy games, prizes, food, and other outdoor fun. Note: The prize bookstore opens at 10 a.m. in Anderson Rooms A&B.

A Universe of Stories End-of-Summer Teen Party

August 16, 2019 | 7-9 p.m. | Teen Scene and Floor 1

Summer Reading Club members of middle or high school-age who reported 20+ hours of reading are invited (along with a friend, also of middle or high school age) to this after-hours party with activities, crafts, games, music, movies, snacks, and other fun. This party is also the first chance for 20+ hour readers to choose the free book they earned.

Note: This event is after hours. Partygoers should use the Teen Scene entrance, facing Salem City Hall

Last day to pick up prize books

September 8, 2019 | Children's and Teen Ask Here desks

​What kinds of prizes?

Pre-readers (babies – preschool)

10 hours = a backpack, choice of food or fun coupon, a small prize, and an activity pass to the Galaxy of Fun Party!

10 hours plus
10 early literacy activities =
certificate for a free book

Kids (grades K–5)

The first
10 hours of reading or listening earns you
10 prize drawing tickets for chances to win prizes in one of in the end-of-Summer Prize Drawing, a special tote, choice of food or activity coupon, and a pass to the end-of-summer party.

20 hours of reading or listening earn
10 more prize drawing tickets and a certificate for a free prize book to be redeemed at the carnival or at the Youth Services Ask Here Desk by early September.

Teens (grades 6–12)

The first
10 hours of reading or listening earns you
10 prize drawing tickets for chances to win prizes in one of two Summer Reading Club prize drawings,
as well as a tote and choice of food or activity coupon!

10 additional hours of reading or listening earns
10 more prize drawing tickets, entry to the Teen End of Summer Party, and a certificate for a free prize book that can be redeemed at the Teen End of Summer party or at the Teen Scene Ask Here Desk by early September.

Read on and earn 1 prize ticket per 10 hours read until the August Prize Drawing closes on Thursday, August 8.

Adults

Stay tuned for details on the upcoming Summer Reading program for adults.

Comic Book Heroes Pack:
Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet, Book 1 by Ta-Nehisi Coates;
Mighty Thor: Thunder in Her Veins by Jason Aaron; and
The Legend of Wonder Woman: Origins by Renae de Liz

Bag 3: Places to Go

Voucher for two season tickets for Enlightened Theatrics in Salem (donated by Enlightened Theatrics)

Much Ado about Shakespeare Pack: Voucher for two tickets to an upcoming show at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's 2018 season (expires October 28, 2018; donated by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival) with a copy of The Shakespeare Timeline Wallbook with a six-foot fold-out full color graphic timeline of William Shakespeare's works and Much Ado About Mad Libs, Shakespeare-theme Mad Libs pad

Explore Willamette University Pack #1: Willamette University Nike drawstring backpack with Willamette University T-shirt and Glow-in-the-Dark WU solar eclipse T-shirt (will trade to suit size of recipient); family pass to visit the Hallie Ford Museum of Art; two tickets to an upcoming Willamette University theater production; and Willamette University imprinted waterbottle, cup, key chain, shoestrings, and mini-buttons.

​Last day to turn in tickets is Thursday, August 9. Winners announced Friday, August 17.

Bag 5: All About Those Books

OBOB Middle School Pack #3:
The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan;
Revenge of the Witch by Joseph Delaney; and
The Luck Uglies by Paul Durham

OBOB Middle School Pack #4:
I Will Always Write Back by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda with Liz Welch;
Restart by Gordon Korman; and
Avenging the Owl by Melissa Hart

OBOB High School Pack #2:
The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner;
Burn Baby Burn by Meg Medina; and
Because You'll Never Meet Me by Leah Thomas

2018 Oregon Young Adult Network Book Rave Hardcover High School Pack:
Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson;
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sanchez;
The 57 Bus: The True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime that Changed their Lives by Dashka Slater

2018 Oregon Young Adult Network Book Rave Hardcover Middle Grade Pack:
The First Rule of Punk by Celia Perez;
Frogkisser by Garth Nix;
The Stars Beneath our Feet by David Barclay Moore

Signed by the author!
The Secret Sheriff of the Sixth Grade by Jordan Sonnenblick (hardcover)

The Diabolic Duology:
The Diabolic and The Empress by S.J. Kincaid

Terrifically Romantic Pack:
Once and For All by Sarah Dessen;
When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon; and
North of Happy by Adi Alsaid